
Yan from Khorin is forced into alliance marriage, becoming Lian's concubine. Her heart belongs to Jade Quinn; she's distant from Lian, unaware he remembers she saved him. Feelings blossom between Yan and Lian. She becomes pregnant, but her clan is annihilated, Jade Quinn dies, and she loses her child. Lian intends to make her Queen, but national hatred makes love impossible. Lian leads his army to battle. Trapped, Yan never returns.